“I remember we just started with the word ‘dust,’ we wanted to do something with that,” bassist Jon Jones told Radio.com about writing the song. “All four of us in the band have wives who come from very small towns. And I was thinking of my wife, who I feel was always meant to live in a big city. And she always felt that way growing up. So I just had her in my mind — it’s not exactly a love song for her, but she was definitely on my mind when we wrote that song.”